From 2a5fb11132e09058344ba9a3a58a74230e2cf373 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 09:43:36 +0000 Subject: (copy_internal): Don't allow cp (or mv, when working across a partition boundary) to overwrite a non-directory with a directory. --- src/copy.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'src/copy.c') diff --git a/src/copy.c b/src/copy.c index 734271b4f..c7a5b72fa 100644 --- a/src/copy.c +++ b/src/copy.c @@ -628,6 +628,14 @@ copy_internal (const char *src_path, const char *dst_path, return 1; } + if (S_ISDIR (src_type) && !S_ISDIR (dst_sb.st_mode)) + { + error (0, 0, + _("cannot overwrite non-directory %s with directory %s"), + quote_n (0, dst_path), quote_n (1, src_path)); + return 1; + } + if (!S_ISDIR (src_type)) { if (S_ISDIR (dst_sb.st_mode)) -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf